The general was the commander of the army's Third Brigade. He had fought al-Shabab since 2007, leading troops who battled the fighters in several neighbourhoods of the capital until they were forced out in 2011.

Observers say capturing the Hanano area will expose the Sakhour neighborhood to the Syrian army, enabling it to isolate the northern part of the rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo from the southern one.

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Chilling details have emerged about the daily life of Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi SS chief who sent millions of Jews to their deaths in the Holocaust. He commanded the death squads who murdered Jews, Poles, Soviet prisoners-of-war, Roma and others ...

The sanctions will have a worldwide ripple effect because they make it risky for any financial institution or entity around the world to hold assets for the individuals and entities named, one senior administration official said.

A recent report by the UN Committee Against Torture puts into stark relief the absurd situation we are now in, with Israel chairing a committee that is responsible for, among other things, calling attention to Israel's violations of human rights.